When the phone rings
I try my best not to answer
It is like that 2 am
long lost family visitor
with bad news
I look at the screen
and try to decipher
the importance
of the number
calling at that hour
And I let it ring
For anything
That is not ole talk
For anyone
who is argumentative
For people who don't know
how to laugh
and some who are just plain fast
For foreign numbers
that refuse to text first
For long
monologue calls
That I can't cut
And these money request calls
that I love to duck
I let it ring
For weekly favours
that try to steal my sleep
For those who never repay
Yet call me cheap
Maybe I just can't find the words
to reply
to what I fear they would say,
after hi
So I let it ring
